Paroles et traduction Carl Orff - Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera
Fortune
plango
vulnera
I
bewail
the
wounds
of
Fortune
Stillantibus
ocellis
Weeping
with
streaming
eyes
Quod
sua
michi
munera
Because
she
who
was
gracious
to
me
Subtrahit
rebellis.
Withdrew
her
gifts
in
rebellion.
Verum
est,
quod
legitur,
It
is
true,
as
we
read
Fronte
capillata,
That
she
has
hair
in
front,
Sed
plerumque
sequitur
But
she
is
generally
followed
by
Occasio
calvata.
A
bald
Occasion.
In
Fortune
solio
I
sat
enthroned
on
Fortune’s
Sederam
elatus,
Seat
exalted
by
her
breath
Prosperitatis
vario
Crowned
with
a
varied
wreath
Flore
coronatus;
Of
the
flowers
of
prosperity
Quicquid
enim
florui
Whatever
I
flourished
Felix
et
beatus,
Happy
and
blessed
Nunc
a
summo
corrui
Now
I
have
fallen
from
the
summit
Gloria
privatus.
Deprived
of
my
glory.
Fortune
rota
volvitur:
Fortune’s
wheel
turns
Descendo
minoratus;
I
am
cast
down
debased
Alter
in
altum
tollitur;
Another
is
raised
on
high,
Nimis
exaltatus
Too
greatly
exalted
Rex
sedet
in
vertice
The
king
sits
on
a
pinnacle
Caveat
ruinam!
Let
him
beware
ruin
Nam
sub
axe
legimus
For
beneath
the
axle
we
read
Hecubam
reginam.
Of
queen
Hecuba
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